Can Target employees use their discount to buy things for other people/family? Or only for themselves?

Question

I was told by someone that as a target employee you can only use your discount to buy things for your self only and you will get fired if you use it buy items for family members

Answer 1

If my memory serves from the (awful) years that I worked there, the employee handbook states that the employee discount can only be used for the employee.  That being said, I have never heard of anyone getting fired for purchasing gifts for their friends and family (Target really doesn't want to lose their employees' shopping dollars to Wal-mart during the Christmas shopping season).  The main thing is just that the employee is making the purchase and that he/she is not being reimbursed for that purchase.  Just who is going to tell them who the purchase is for, anyway?  While I wouldn't put it past Target Corporation (I have evidence of their non-compliance with Michigan law), they do not have the right to monitor what you do within your residence with your legally purchased merchandise.